Mattapoisett woman sentenced to year in jail for wire fraud

BOSTON — A Mattapoisett woman was sentenced Wednesday to a year in federal prison for stealing nearly $320,000 from two Middleboro businesses, according to the U.S. Attorney's office.

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BOSTON — A Mattapoisett woman was sentenced Wednesday to a year in federal prison for stealing nearly $320,000 from two Middleboro businesses, according to the U.S. Attorney's office.

Marie Greany, 43, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Rya W. Zobel to one year and one day in prison and three years of supervised release and was ordered to pay $74,000 in restitution, which is the balance of the stolen funds that Greany has yet to repay.

Greany pleaded guilty to wire fraud in March.

She worked as a bookkeeper for two computer systems design and consulting businesses in Middleboro. From 2006 to 2012, she stole nearly $320,000 from the two companies, the U.S. Attorney's office said in a news release.

Among other things, Greany used a company credit card to make unauthorized charges for personal expenses, including travel, tickets to sporting events and theater productions, restaurant meals and tuition as well as the costs of operating her photography business. She then paid those charges with corporate funds from both companies.

She also transferred money from the businesses' bank accounts to pay her personal credit card bills.

Additionally, Greany used victim companies' payroll processor to issue payments to herself as reimbursement for expenses that actually had been incurred by other employees. She also used the payroll company to increase salary payments for herself. She also wrote two unauthorized checks on a company account which she used for her own purposes.

U.S. Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz and Vincent Lisi, special agent in charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Field Division, made the announcement of the sentence Wednesday.

The case was prosecuted by Sandra S. Bower of Ortiz's Economic Crimes Unit.